We hear terrible things about outsourcing jobs--how sending work outside of our companies is contributing to the demise of American businesses. But in this instance I have to take the unpopular stance that it is not always a terrible thing. I understand that outsourcing means that employees lose jobs. Because work is often outsourced to other countries, it means Americans lose jobs. In other cases, nonunion employees get the work. Losing jobs is never a good thing, but we have to look at the bigger picture. Last year, Nobel Prize-winning economist Dr. Lawrence R. Klein, the founder of Wharton Econometric...

It is pretty well-known among political junkies that Mitt Romney imposed a lot of new fees in Massachusetts to balance the budget without raising taxes. But what is not well known is how crazy and offensive these fees could be. Here are the two craziest we could find: Romney Charged A Fee For Being Blind.[snip] Romney Also Proposed Imposing A Fee On The Mentally Retarded

I know it's off-season, but it seems likely that dozens of law-breaking occupiers could grab AND MAINTAIN the attention of the rich if they camped out at places like Martha's Vineyard.The rich would be concerned for their vacation homes 24/7. When they wreak havoc in business districts, bOWSers* are inconveniencing the middle class and the poor, not the super rich.*bOWSers = packs of mangey, untrained critters who follow after schoolchildren, attack police, spread disease, defecate in public.

Bialek was fired from NRAEF.(NRA Educational Fund) Two earlier FR threads discuss multiple connections between Romney and Dick Marriott and between Dick Marriott and NRA. One thread mentions the fact that Dick Marriott, former head of NRA, hosts tournaments for NRA funds and has participated in a tournament which benefits NRAEF. A google search (http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Nraef+marriott&ei=UTF-8&fr=moz35) shows that Dick Marriott was awarded recognition by the NRAEF in the past.

This is a collection of links to bolster my contention that Dick Marriott, former treasurer and former head of the National Restaurant Association, maintains connections with the NRA. I apologize for the the sporadic way in which I will be posting links. I am baby-sitting for my adorable grandson and will be cooking for guests today. Dick Marriott is a close friend of Mitt Rommey, who is named after Dick's father, J. Willard Marriott.

"WASHINGTON – Former Governor Mitt Romney resigned today from the board of directors of Marriott International, potentially another sign of his preparations for another presidential run. Romney, who served on Marriott’s board for 10 years before resigning to run for governor in 2002, rejoined the board in January 2009.

A Bergen County, New Jersey pain management and spine clinic is reporting excellent results with non-embryonic adult stem cell injection therapy HACKENSACK, N.J., June 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- A spine clinic Bergen County recognized as a leader in pain management and orthopedic treatments is now offering a revolutionary treatment for individuals with chronic joint problems using the patient's own stem cells. Performed at Spine & Joint Center by Dr. Damon Noto, the treatment utilizes adult stem cells harvested from the patient's own fat cells (not controversial embryonic stem cells), which are then injected into the injured joint to help stimulate...

"This is surely not the first time audacity has propelled someone into a place or profession for which he is not qualified. But I cannot think of another case in which so many prominent people connived in the deception. Nowhere along the way did anyone publicly question, much less expose, Bettelheim's self-promoting claims. Had these claims served only to massage his ego or accelerate the development of his career, they would have done little harm. But Bettelheim used his growing reputation and authority to strike out at large groups of people, causing serious harm and anguish."

According to trauma surgeon Peter Rhee, MD, MPH, Giffords was showing continued improvement as her sedation was substantially reduced...""We've really been able to reduce her sedation and as a result she has become more and more spontaneous,"...""She is now able to even feel her wounds herself. She can fix her gown and make very specific movements, so she is making tremendous progress."

Buddhist monks and Catholic priests aren't the only abusers You can find lots of individual news stories about abusive physicians. Sexual Predator Doctor In Virginia Gets Slap On The Wrist - And Is Still Practicing http://www.legaljuice.com/2007/07/sexual_predator_doctor_in_virg.html Piedmont Doctor In Sexual Predator Sting Sentence http://www.ktvu.com/news/22804280/detail.html Doctor Who Is Registered Sexual Predator Accused Again http://www.justnews.com/news/3891413/detail.html What do you do with sexual predators? (A Navy doctor pleaded guilty) http://cdrsalamander.blogspot.com/2010/05/what-do-you-do-with-sexual-predators.html But where are the large-scale exposes? Here’s a yahoo search to get the journalists started http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0oG7hiOIxNN8xUB58hXNyoA;_ylc=X1MDMjc2NjY3OQRfcgMyBGFvAzAEZnIDbW96MzUEaG9zdHB2aWQDYWtUQkJFb0c3djc4VUJYQVNsWXVBQVF4UlhvdUtVMFRJNDRBQ3VSOQRuX2dwcwMwBG5fdnBzAzAEb3JpZ2luA3NycARxdWVyeQNkb2N0b3JzIHNleCBhYnVzZQRzYW8DMQR2dGVzdGlkA0g0NjU-?p=doctors+sex+abuse&fr2=sb-top&fr=moz35

If I recall correctly, gays were classified 4F during previous military drafts. In the event that the draft is brought back, what will happen to gays who do not want to serve? Michelle Obama wants American children to lose weight so that they can be inducted. Could it be, that Obama also wants to enlarge the pool of possible inductees?

We at Intersections are deeply saddened by the stabbing incident on Tuesday evening, perpetrated against a Muslim New York City cab driver. Our earnest prayers are extended to the victim, Mr. Ahmed Sharif, for a full and speedy recovery. There is no place in this city, or anywhere else, for such senseless acts of violence. We are further saddened that the person charged with this crime, Michael Enright, has been a volunteer with Intersections for the past year. Mike’s work with us was generous and responsible. He shared our vision for a diverse and peaceful world and our prayers go...

“We are moving forward with or without BP. We gave them two choices – they can either send us a check, get out of the way and let us start this work, or they can sign a contract and do it themselves. We are going ahead without them. Last night, we met with Admiral Allen and he said he feels like he is making progress in getting BP to actually pay for this work. To date, BP has done a great job in sending us press releases and attorneys, but they haven’t sent us any money to dredge.”

I've been looking for mention of Obama having declared a Federal state of emergency for Louisiana.I've read that particular parishes and the state of Louisiana have declared states of emergency, but can't find any mention of Obama releasing federal funds to Louisiana.Bush released funds two days before Katrina struck.

BATON ROUGE, La. -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Louisiana Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness are coordinating with other federal, state and local agencies to clean up and reduce the environmental impact of the oil spills in Louisiana. Just two months after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita spilled more than nine million gallons of oil, the oil recovery effort is now 95 percent complete according to the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ).

I have limited time and money, which I'd like to put to the best use I can. There are so many conservative organizations. Which ones are most successful at counteracting Obama's schemes? I already support some groups. Naming them might discourage other ideas.

Fundamental truths are often beyond the grasp of people with advanced degrees — you know, the Parenthetical People on the coasts imbued with wisdom absorbed during erudite cocktail conversations in Hollywood and Manhattan and Brussels... Americans want to be cheerful and hopeful, not negative and enraged... If you question the intelligence of the people, try to turn them against God, send a negative message, encourage rage, and offer a free lunch and more Government, you are swimming upstream. ... Americans generally like America, and they don’t think Obama’s plan to turn it into Cuba is such a great idea... “The...

One topic that has only recently begun to attract attention is the Nazi anti-tobacco movement. Germany had the world's strongest anti smoking movement in the 1930s and early 1940s,supported by Nazi medical and military leaders worried that tobacco might prove a hazard to the race. Many Nazi leaders were vocal opponents of smoking. Anti-tobacco activists pointed out that whereas Churchill, Stalin, and Roosevelt were all fond of tobacco, the three major fascist leaders of Europe-Hitler, Mussolini, and Franco-were all non-smokers. Hitler was the most adamant,characterising tobacco as "the wrath of the Red Man against the White Man for having been...

Angry over poor services and unemployment, South Africans responded with violence in different townships across the country on Wednesday (July 22). In Thokoza township and Meyerton, police tried to control the stone-throwing protesters with tear gas and rubber bullets. In the northeastern region of Mpumalanga, residents in Balfour threatened to burn down municipal offices if they would not release the 100 people arrested in protests on Tuesday (July 21). A crowd of protesters heckled a group of councilors at the local stadium. Trade unions demand more pay and benefits, and threaten to continue with strikes. The recession, caused by the...

American Mensa is distraught to hear of the violent events at the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, June 10. Our thoughts are with the victims and the family and friends of Stephen Tyrone Johns, the security guard who was killed in the attack. The accused shooter in this event, James Von Brunn, is a former member of American Mensa. Mr. Von Brunn was a member more than 20 years ago and his membership tenure lasted less than a year. Mensa has more than 57,000 members across the United States and more than 110,000 members worldwide. Our members include...

An Army helicopter on a training exercise crashed this afternoon at Wheeler Army Airfield at Schofield Barracks, and there are initial reports of multiple injuries. Honolulu Fire Department Capt. Earle Kealoha said firefighters responded to a call of a downed aircraft at 3:34 p.m. But when they arrived four minutes later, federal fire crews already had the fire under control. The airfield houses helicopters assigned to both 25th Infantry Division and the Hawaii Army National Guard. The Federal Aviation Administration said initial reports indicate that the crash involved a military helicopter. An Army spokesman confirmed that the aircraft was a...

Dr. Leon R. Kass, a widely published author, award-winning humanities teacher, and one of America’s leading moral philosophers and experts on medical ethics, will deliver the 2009 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities, the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) announced today. The annual NEH-sponsored Jefferson Lecture is the most prestigious honor the federal government bestows for distinguished intellectual achievement in the humanities. “Leon Kass is an outstanding scholar, a gifted teacher, and one of our nation’s leading humanists,” said NEH Acting Chairman Carole M. Watson. “He has brought the wisdom of the humanities to bear on many topics, from bioethics...

But what to do now? Exactly what the U.S. could have done before: recognize the cease-fire as a false peace, present the Iraqi Army with an ultimatum -- to get rid of Saddam Hussein or the U.S. will resume the air attack on military targets and every high officer will be tried for war crimes. With the killer gone, Iraqis can be left to their own political settlements. The only duty of the U.S. is to allow those who trusted us to return to their homes, free of terror. But to do that, Mr. Bush must show true strength --...

More than 300 people, many of them waving American flags and carrying anti-tax signs, lined the curb at Sunrise Highway and the Long Island Rail Road station in Massapequa Wednesday, protesting taxes and the federal bailout of the financial sector.

Mr. Greenspan’s legacy may ultimately rest on a more deeply embedded and much less scrutinized phenomenon: the spectacular boom and calamitous bust in derivatives trading.[snip] “Proposals to bring even minimalist regulation were basically rebuffed by Greenspan and various people in the Treasury,” recalled Alan S. Blinder, a former Federal Reserve board member and an economist at Princeton University. “I think of him as consistently cheerleading on derivatives.”[snip] Robert E. Rubin, the Treasury secretary then. Treasury lawyers concluded that merely discussing new rules threatened the derivatives market [snip] In early 1998, Mr. Rubin’s deputy, Lawrence H. Summers, called Ms. Born* and...

Like his predecessors, Obama must master the presidential protocol that has long ruled the White House. From military salutes to the presidential march to the customs by which foreign visitors are welcomed, every commander-in-chief must respect the traditions that have come to define the office.

Nakheel Hotels has bought a 50 percent interest in the Fontainebleau Miami Beach resort for $375 million. The iconic hotel is in the midst of a $500 million renovation and is expected to open during the second half of 2008. Aventura-based Turnberry Associates bought the hotel in 2005. The Dubai emirate manages Nakheel, the hotel group's parent company. It developed the Palm Islands in Dubai and recently partnered with Busch Entertainment Corp., the family entertainment division of Anheuser-Busch Cos., to put four theme parks on the man-made islands. "We are extremely pleased to have a world-class organization such as Nakheel,...

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell offered words of inspiration with a twist of humor on Monday, earning waves of laughter and a standing ovation. Powell's talk at Memorial Auditorium drew alumni, students, faculty and staff, who filled every seat.... Powell said that during the recent presidential campaign he was impressed with then-candidate Obama's ability to bridge the gap between generations and to use modern communication to assemble hundreds of thousands of citizens. "I voted for Obama because he brought generational change into the political system and we needed that change," he said. Powell connected some of the leadership skills...

Shared Work is a voluntary program that provides employers facing a temporary decline in business with an alternative to layoffs. Rather than laying off a percentage of the work force to cut costs, an employer can reduce the hours and wages of all or a particular group of employees. The employees whose hours and wages are reduced can receive partial unemployment insurance benefits to supplement their lost wages For example, an employee earning $400 per week might receive an unemployment benefit rate of $200, if totally unemployed. Under the Shared Work Program, if his wages and hours are reduced 20%,...

Rhetoric Taken to Another Level: Appreciating and Learning from BarackSpeak Most people sit in awe of what Obama is able to do with the words he speaks to massive audiences. Dr. Janelle Barlow, C.S.P. will analyze Obama’s rhetoric to break down the useable components of his speaking style. Janelle will also demonstrate how actual CEO speeches can benefit from rewriting into BarackSpeak.

Beware of tripping over, sunbathing topless, cheating on your partner in public... - if there's a Google van passing by, the evidence will be forever set in a 360-degree photographic panorama and posted online for all to see. Google's ever increasing mapping applications are getting ever-increasingly closer to our personal lives. Suspicious minds won't need to bother with private detectives - they can simply log on to Google Maps and access the pedestrian-level view of the entire city - if they're lucky enough to live in Milan, Paris, or the majority of the US, New Zealand, Australia or Japan... Otherwise,...

The Constitution does not require the use of the phrase, "so help me God" as a person is sworn in as President. George Washington added the phrase, and every succeeding President has used it. Obama, who likes change, might not use the phrase.

Sixty-nine percent (69%) of Republican voters say Alaska Governor Sarah Palin helped John McCain’s bid for the presidency, even as news reports surface that some McCain staffers think she was a liability. Only 20% of GOP voters say Palin hurt the party’s ticket, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Six percent (6%) say she had no impact, and five percent (5%) are undecided. Ninety-one percent (91%)

ObamaKoolAidMovie is a Documentary on Barack Hussein Obama and his Cult like followers. ...This Documentary will show the organized Obama campaign are using tactics used by evil people throughout history.

People all over the world are horrified and puzzled by the Jonestown, Guyana atrocity. Questions are being asked: Who was the Rev. Jim Jones? What kind of religion did he teach? Why did he order the murder and suicide of over 900 of his followers? [snip] Our media have concealed, misrepresented, or downplayed the key element in the philosophy of Jim Jones. He was a long-time dedicated Marxist communist who admired totalitarian communist dictatorships such as the Soviet Union and Cuba so much that he built one of his own in Guyana.

[NB: this is from March 19, 1996] Salim Muwakkil reports on 21st Century Vote, an organization created by former members of Chicago’s largest street gang, Gangster Disciples. Wallace “Gator” Bradley, a former gang member turned community leader, praises the group for offering a more productive way for disenfranchised youth to channel their energy and take part in the political process. However, the police and mainstream media claim that the organization is simply an illegitimate front allowing the Gangster Disciples to gain more influence. Bradley defends 21st Century Vote as a group sincerely working to bring a stop to gang violence...

At a time when Democrats were insisting that Human Rights be a primary issue in the Salt II negotiations, Biden throws the dissidents and refuseniks under the bus, not to mention downplaying our security relationship with Europe - almost inviting the Soviets to invade.

February 29, 2008 Chicago Tribune Editors: We write to voice our support for our colleague, Bill Ayers, who was the target yesterday of Jonah Goldberg’s mean-spirited muckraking journalism. Goldberg asks why Bill Ayers is allowed to have a job as a college professor, despite his leftist views and political activities from some forty years ago? The answer is simple.Professor Ayers has degrees from University of Michigan and Columbia University’s Teachers College. Over the past twenty plus years he has earned the reputation of a cutting edge scholar of education, and made major contributions to our understanding of schools and the...

Scenes from The National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, located in Punchbowl Crater. The inscription below the statue of Lady Columbia, taken from Abraham Lincoln's letter to Mrs. Bixby, reads: THE SOLEMN PRIDE THAT MUST BE YOURS TO HAVE LAID SO COSTLY A SACRIFICE UPON THE ALTAR OF FREEDOM There is a small chapel within the memorial, which is also featured in this slideshow.

The quote (in which Biden specifically says France and the European leaders KNOW Saddam has weapons) is at 14:17. But Biden spends some more time attempting to convince the audience that the burden is on Saddam to prove he doesn't have the weapons. You can see Biden develop his argument if you have a few minutes to watch the video from 12:00 to 14:30.